levez-vous et dansez!

and ouch paul



"Speaking of prayers, at the end of Paul Westerberg's liner notes on "The Shit Hits The Fans," he wrote "Pray for us, Paul." Well, brother Paul could use some prayers at the moment, because a week or so ago he put a screwdriver through his left hand trying to get some wax out of a candle and cut some nerves and ripped some cartilage and hurt himself pretty bad."

whoa

Sebadoh | original lineup reunites -- 2007 Tour Dates



"The recently reunited Sebadoh have announced dates and venues for their new tour. The band, whose original line-up of Eric Gaffney, Lou Barlow, and Jason Loewenstein has reformed after imploding several times in the mid 90’s, will visit cities all across the US including a stop at San Francisco’s Noise Pop festival."

March 19 - Minneapolis, MN - 400 Bar

My Favorite

And one more, my favorite band now and forever.

Possum Dixon - Radio Comets

Here's a companion video to an old issue of Liner Notes, the sadly forgotten Possum Dixon.

R.I.P. Wiz from the great Mega City Four, who died December 6 at age 44. Here's a tribute.

And here's a link to a video, until my youtube account stops sucking.

nice.

Hi,

Just to let yo know, I'm listening to WMCN in Seattle
over Winamp radio.

I am a Macalester alumn.

Dan

P.S. Please play more Nirvana.

more mac/wmcn alums listening? let us know

2006 pt. 2

so many best of lists...what to do?

metacritc aggregates scores from most major publications

largehearted boy somehow finds the time to collect all the rest

i'd vote european oils for #2, but i find that yyy album better than most. unfortunately destroyer is a beardy weirdy and doesn't make vids.

more wmcn favs

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Cheated Hearts

i agree with nick, and this is my vote for #2. this album is highly underrated. sometimes i think that i'm bigger than the sound.

2006. pt. 1

best song of 2006, in your humble gm's opinion, from a lady that once called me sweetie:



also of note, hip-hop producer j dilla aka jay dee, who made one of the best hip hop records in years from his death bed. expect samples of his work showing up for years to come.

here's a vid the guys at adult swim made for him:

My 2YO moshing to The Minutemen unplugged

this is also why i care about mike watt. and kelly clarkson.

Thurston Moore Meets Mike Watt.

thurston explains why i care about mike watt.

aaaaaaaaand maybe this too.

and no, we will not glue it to the wall.

On WMCN's Christmas list:
Neil Hamburger

Interview Record for Radio Stations 7"ep

Originally released only to radio stations to promote "America's Funnyman". You ask the questions from the enclosed script. Neil gives his recorded responses.

via Drag City

Major kudos to Geoff for all his work on the Liner Notes this semester

More end of semester fun soon, until then

It's the last one of the semester, so cherish it. Out tomorrow in the usual places.

Mustache on People's Court

if you haven't checked it out yet, try emusic

i mention this not as a shameless plug, but because it's easy to use, and they have lots of rare stuff!

you can sign up, download your 100 free songs, and quit without paying a cent!

they also have lots of interesting "best of" lists by artists themselves

some indie dudes:

john darnielle

ira kaplan


britt daniel

more later kids.